Weeping Higan Cherry               PROO-nus sub-hir-TEL-la

• Deciduous tree, 15-20 ft (4.5-6 m), weeping, twiggy, slender whip-like branches, usually grafted about 5-6 ft to an understock.  Leaves alternate, simple, ovate to oblong-ovate, 2.5-10 cm long.  Flowers are single, pale pink, 13 mm wide, appear before leaves.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 5      Native to Japan, introduced into the US in about 1862.
• subhirtella: somewhat hairy.
• Oregon State Univ. campus: southeast Snell Hall.